Based on the Yonezawa Space Explorer design. See also the Warrior designs.

ACTION ROBOT INVADER - HONG KONGPlastic battery op robot with rotating action, opening doors in chest and shooting guns. Black plastic with yellow hands, feet and chest detailing. This reworking of the Kamco Cosmos Robot has had a pair of missile firing ears added - the same design as seen on the SH Missile Robot. 1980s

ANSWERMAN DING-A-LING - TOPPER - HONG KONGRed plastic robot with green feet and blue arms. The robot has a clear plastic head containing three colored balls. Shoots a red spinner from its head. Pulling a lever on the side turns a roller on the chest that gives a yes or no answer.

One of the Topper Ding-A-Ling series that can be motorised with the addition of a battery operated backpack. Sold in boxed clear plastic packaging.

APOLLO SPACEMAN - MORTOYS - HONG KONGThis is one of the popular robots with transparent bodies revealing visible gear mechanisms. In this case it is a plastic battery operated astronaut with orange legs, white arms and a boy's face inside a white space helmet. Walking action with turning gears and flashing lights. There are several variations of this popular design.

The visible gears consist of one large ring gear with smaller gears inside. See thru. Walks, gears turn, the head lights. Made for Mego. Date?

ASTROID WALKING ROBOT, - ASTROIDS - TARHEEL - HONG KONGSmall green and yellow plastic wind up robot. V shape molded into the chest. Protruding eyes. Large chrome plastic rotating antenna. Part of the Astroids range. Tarheel is the importer. Sold in a plastic display box. On sale in November 1969.

The design is based on the KY Radar Robot

ASTRON ROBOT - SOMA - HONG KONGThe name is the most unusual feature of this robot but it is a copy of a standard SH based rotating astronaut. Black plastic battery operated astronaut. Opening chest doors and shooting guns. Rotates. Note the creases at the knee instead of the usual molded ball joint. Cheap swivel-o-matic design. Attacking Martian style.

ASTRONAUT, FRICTION TETSUJIN STYLE - LP? - HONG KONGA delightful plastic astronaut from Hong Kong. The figure is based on a Tetsujin T28 style astronaut. He lies flat with wheels in his chest, arms extended with old fashioned pistols in each hand. On his back is a chrome jet pack and there's a Jetson style antenna on his head. Friction action. The astronaut comes dismantled in a small colorful box. Seen in red and blue versions.

An LP blister carded version is known. The Tetsujin figure is packed along with four chrome silver LP astronauts: Set No 105A

ATTACKING MARTIAN GOLD - HORIKAWA - JAPANMade in Japan by Horikawa trademark 'SH', 1966 first version all tin plate in gold. Battery operated walking action, chest doors open and two cannons pop out flashing with gun noise. Robot version of the Horikawa Attacking Martian. First generation. This battery operated robot came in an an iconic red box with graphics showing many Attacking Martians falling from the sky.

Earliest versions have large tin arms and and the white tin battery box and gold metal chest panel. Widely on sale in 1966.

It is assumed that for economy Horikawa later switched to using a black plastic battery box. These version have the thick tin arms.

One version came in a box with a 'Telsalda' importers label on the lid, who are better known for importing plastic toys and general items into the UK from Hong Kong. - 29cm

One of the Topper Ding-A-Ling series that can be motorised with the addition of a battery operated backpack. Sold in boxed clear plastic packaging.

Believed to be prototype only until this example was posted on Alphadrome.

BOXER DING-A-LING - TOPPER - HONG KONGRed plastic robot with blue feet, black arms and red head. Has a decal face of a boxer with a black eye. Decal with BOXER on the chest. The two buttons on his head control his arms to create a boxing action.

One of the Topper Ding-A-Ling series that can be motorised with the addition of a battery operated backpack. Sold in boxed clear plastic packaging.

One of the Topper Ding-A-Ling series that can be motorised with the addition of a battery operated backpack. Sold in boxed clear plastic packaging. This robot was designed to fit inside the large King Ding obot.

CAP'T ASTRO SPACE MAN - PROBABLY BY HIRO FOR MEGOFor MEGO. Tin and plastic wind up astronaut. Captain Astro wording on chest. Stepover. Hong Kong. This robot is very similar to the Apollo 2000-X by Hiro and shares most of its comnponents except for the stepover feet and the litho panel instead of a spark window.

On sale in November 1972.

CHEF DING-A-LING - TOPPER - HONG KONG
White plastic robot with blue feet and red CHEF decal on chest.arms. Blue hat. A salt shaker is fitted into one arm and by pressing the hat there is a shaking action.

One of the Topper Ding-A-Ling series that can be motorised with the addition of a battery operated backpack. Sold in boxed clear plastic packaging.

One of the Topper Ding-A-Ling series that can be motorised with the addition of a battery operated backpack. Sold in boxed clear plastic packaging.

COMPUTER ROBOT - BLUE BOX - HONG KONGA white plastic battery operated robot with a wedge shaped head with chorme ears and red eyes. Three hinged guns in the chest. Walking action, rotates and the guns shoot with flashing lights. Notice he hands differ from each other: one is a claw and the other has two plastic prongs. Decal decorations. White and yellow versions known. Hong Kong. Patent dates this to 1982.

CONSTRUCTO DING-A-LING - TOPPER - HONG KONGYellow plastic robot with red feet and head, and yellow constuction helmet. Holds a green drill that can be moved using the button on the helmet.

One of the Topper Ding-A-Ling series that can be motorised with the addition of a battery operated backpack. Sold in boxed clear plastic packaging.

There are also Mr. Flash look-alikes, however these were not Cragstan pieces. They are:
Moon Explorer - Identical colors but lacking the Mr. Flash/Cragstan markings on the battery cover.
Walking Robot - Gray torso and head with red arms and dome.
Super Walking Robot - Black arms and legs.
Both boxes for Walking Robot and Super Walking Robot bear a logo consisting of the letters HK within a five pointed star.

DER UNBEZWINGLICHE (INVINCIBLE) - AC - HONG KONGLater German-market copy of the Yonezawa Talking Robot. Blue plastic battery operated robot with buttons in the chest and four missiles in the head. Walks, lighted eyes and four button talking action. This robot has the circular hole in the mouth. 30cm
German talking.

FRICTION POWERED ASTRONAUT - MM/HS - HONG KONGA very odd space toy. It should be called Astronaut on a Rock to give credit to the design. A silver plastic astronaut standing on some sort of brown space rock. On his head is a propeller. The rock has wheels and, when pushed, the friction motor allows the rock to run along the floor while the propeller turns. 5" (12cm) tall. HK 1960s No maker's name on the box, but marked MM HS underneath.

GALAXY WARRIOR - HONG KONGPlastic battery operated pedestal robot. Bump and go action. Rotates. Stormtrooper head. Made in Hong Kong. Two pairs of orange plastic guns above the chest panel. The body is the same as the Dynamic Warrior, though the head has changed. Based on the Yonezawa Space Explorer design.

GEETA-MAN/MINIATURE ROBOT - RAYS - HONG KONGHong Kong releases of the original Tomy Minirobot design The small wind up robot has a single piece head and body with little arms attached. Black stepover feet. Several color variations. Box variations include the Geeta-Man and the Rays Miniature Robot. See also the Mighty Midget robot.

A variation of the Mego Gigantor Robot with a new head. Possibly a reworking of Gigantor or a simultaneous release.

GIGANTOR - MEGO - HONG KONGThis large silver grey plastic battery operated robot bears a marked resemblance to the Horikawa Super Space Giant Robot, and appears in early catalogs with this name. The production models were actually named "Gigantor". Actions: Robot walks forward, chest doors open as lighted guns tilt out making a clicking sound. Robot rotates two and a half times. Guns retract causing doors to close. Robot then walks in the opposite direction. Cycle repeats.

Made in the British Colony of Hong Kong. Tha actual maker is not known but the Importer/Distributor was Mego Corp., New York, N.Y. 10010

Height: 16" to the top of the antennas, not the 17" advertised on the box.
Box number: NO. 9005
Date: 1970 (MCMLXX as stated on box)
Power scource: 3 "D" cell batteries

Additional info.: Embossed below the battery cover: "MADE IN HONG KONG".
Misc. comments: The hands are white in color, not yellowed as in the photo above. Also, the antennas are chrome plated, not black as they appear to be in the photo. The box art depicts a gold colored robot, quite unlike the silver robot inside the box.

GOFER DING-A-LING - TOPPER - HONG KONGYellow plastic robot with blue feet and red arms. Boy's face with glasses Carries a tray with a glass. This was later developed into the more substantial tracked Gofer Robotron. Two versions are known: one with palin feet and one with an additional track moulding on the feet.

One of the Topper Ding-A-Ling series that can be motorised with the addition of a battery operated backpack. Sold in boxed clear plastic packaging.

GOFER ROBOTRON - TOPPER - HONG KONGBattery operated yellow plastic robot with blue feet and blue hat. Accessories include a tray and cup. This is a development of the original Ding-A-Ling Gofer.

KING KONG OF MARS aka FLOWER ROBOT - SHEN CHEN - HONG KONGFor many years a misidentified robot in Boogaert's reference book attributed to SH and called the Flower Robot because of the strange psychedelic litho. Now identified as the King Kong of Mars made by the Shen Chen Toy Factory of Hong Kong. There is a Three Fir Tree logo on the Chinese box.

The style is a clear copy of the later SH Attacking Martian style, but the head, chest and fly eye details are different. Several color versions are known based on combinations of red, yellow and green components. There are also two different chest decal patterns.

Recent examples of this robot have surfaced in Australia in 2009.
See also the Engine Robot which shares many features.

LIGHTNING BOLT ROBOT - MAKER? - MACAUThe name is a temporary one for an unidentified robot. Name?

Metallic purple plastic battery operated robot. Four red plastic pistons in the chest. Walking action with moving lighted pistons. The distinguishing feature of this robot is the Bride of Frankenstein style representation of a lightning bolt jumping between the two head insulator shaped antennas. This is a variation of the Hong Kong Space Commander Robot. Box?

LOOKY ROBOT - LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL - HONG KONGSee through take apart robot. Clear plastic wind up robot with visible gears in the chest and in the dome shaped head. Fixed legs, moving arms. 19cm Several color versions are known. Transparent. Also known as Crystal Robot.

This is a copy of the Yonezawa Planet Robot, though the plastic is of a cheaper quality.

See-thru. On sale in August 1971.

LOST IN SPACE ROBOT, SECOND BOX VERSION - AHI - HONG KONGPlastic battery op YM3 1977 and sold at K-Mart stores. There were two different box versions, this is the second. This was the second toy robot ever made from the TV series. 10 inches tall. Azrak Hamway International. Stop and go action with flashing lighs.

LUNAR SPACEMAN - WING FAT - HONG KONGPlastic battery operated robot. Made in Hong Kong for the Mego Corporation of New York. Walks, doors open and guns fire in Attacking Martian style. In addition the head under dome. Also known as Mond Roboter in Germany. Available in a range of colors: red, blue, grey, light green.

The Lunar Spaceman appears in the Mego catalog for 1969 and the German Mond Roboter is featured in a Brohm Spielwaren trade ad in the same year. The Mond Roboter may have been released only in grey or red. In UK the robot was sold by Salco.

Name on box: Magnor
Manufacturer: ???, Hong Kong
Importer/Distributor: Cragstan, U.S.A.
Height: 9" (to top of "magnetic helmet")
Box number: #2601-2
Timeline date: First sighted in the 1969 Cragstan catalog. On sale in December 1969. 1970 (1970 Western Auto Christmas Catalog)
Power source: 2 "C" cell batteries
Actions: The "magnetic helmet" serves as the ON/OFF switch. With the helmet atop the robot's head, Magnor rolls forward in a waddling fashion with flashing eyes and a clicking sound. He turns to the left at regular intervals producing the "square/turn walking action" listed on the box. Removing the magnetic helmet makes him stop.
Additional info.: MADE IN HONG KONG is embossed on the bottom of the base (in two places!) along with the Cragstan logo. Embossed on the front of the magnetic helmet is some kind of a symbol, perhaps a logo. Using the same molds, but different colors, Cragstan also produced Ranger Robot. The third companion piece is the larger sized Mister Robot. Joe K.

MANITIDE NERA, ROBOT SERIE DRAGON - GC GIO CO - HONG KONG A plastic battery operated Japanese character robot. Based on an Attacking Martian design with opening doors and shooting guns. The robot has a yellow body, black arms and legs and a distinctive Shogun style head. Made in Hong Kong for the Italian market. Dated 1980

MIGHTY ACTION ROBOT - ILLCO - HONG KONGBlue plastic battery op robot. Shooting guns, smoke. Galaxy style. This is a Hong Kong issue of the Junior toys Dynamic Fighter. Illco made two of these versions. The first had plastic eyes and was a close a copy of the Dynamic Fighter with clear plastic guns. Later versions show the effect of cost cutting with paper decals for eyes and a generally inferior finish.
The robot on the left has plastic eyes and a tin chest. The robot on the right has paper decals for eyes and a paper decal chest. Hong Kong

A newspaper ad dates this to October 1978.

MIGHTY MIDGET ROBOT - TELSALDA/KENT - HONG KONGHong Kong releases of the original Tomy Minirobot design The small wind up robot has a single piece head and body with little arms attached. Black stepover feet. Several color variations. Box variations include the Geeta-Man and the Rays Miniature Robot. See also the Geeta-Man Miniature Robot.

The yellow version is marked KENT and has a bigger box.

MINI ROBOT - AHI? - HONG KONGThe Mini Robot is a unique design with a comic appearance. This 6.5" (15cm) plastic battery operated robot has a cylindrical silver body with red legs and feet, and chrome silver arms. The head is an unusual green plastic sphere with a glitter effect. Inside the dome are eyes set on a stalk. There's a simple geometric decal in the chest. No maker's mark on the box. Part No T52

Walking action with flashing light in the head and a clicking noise.

A clue to the maker may lie in the fact that the paper decal on the chest is the same one as used on the AHI Space: 1999 Walking Spacemen. (inset)

MINI-ROBOT SET - GAKKEN - HONG KONGA set of two mini-robots. Each small plastic robot has a clear chest with a visible motor. A battery pack can be attached to power the robots. A variety of additional items allow customization of the robots: wheels, ramp, buggy etc. Lili Ledy of Mexico may also have made this set. Sold in a plain brown box.

MISTER SCREWBALL JR - FRANKONIA - HONG KONGThis is a novel multicolored wind up plastic robot. It is a play on the expression "Screwball", literally a yellow ball shaped robot into which bolts can be screwed. The mechanism and function is also the same, you turn the screw on top of the big bolt and Mr. Screwball starts to wobble forward, more a short shaking action than walking.

The quality of this toy is a bit worse than the Nuts N Bolts Robots version, which is far better designed and produced. The bolts do not really fit well in the holes and are easiliy destroyed if you do not act with care. This might be a reason why so few of this toy have survived.

1967 is written in Roman numerals on the box. , so this toy is actually the predecessor/forerunner of the Nuts N Bolts Robots, which was made in 1969.

mr screw ball junior

MONSTER ROBOT- BLUE VERSION - TAIWANBlue plastic battery op change monster robot. Maker? 123 on the chest. This is a SH design though it is often manufactured in Hong Kong and more recently in Taiwan. The green version has been dated to 1984. Other colour versions exist along with box variations and changes of the chest digits eg 369.

MOON EXPLORER - AMICO? - HONG KONGPlastic battery operated version of the original SH astronaut. Cheap and flimsy construction. Rotates. Hong Kong. White and black plastic versions;, the picture box shows a black version. Also released in a French language box as La Lune Explorateur.